Summary
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The Interrupted Dagger Moth (Acronicta interrupta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across southern Canada south of the Boreal forest, from New Brunswick west to eastern Alberta, south to Georgia, Nebraska and Arizona.
Habitat
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Dry deciduous woodland edge and tall shrub.
Life cycle
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A solitary defoliator of deciduous trees and shrubs. There is a single annual brood that overwinters in the pupal stage. Adults come to light.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Nancy Magnusson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC),
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34312269@N04/9577368430/
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/JV/300/JV9237-300-38.jpg
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/20778
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/20779
- (c) BIO Photography Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA),
http://www.boldsystems.org/archive/image.php?id=bold.org/28282
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronicta_interrupta
- (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC),
http://eol.org/data_objects/31885016
- (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC),
http://eol.org/data_objects/31885017
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